How to run Unwise.exe silently while specifying log file

Question

This may be a dumb question with a simple solution but I am trying to incorporate a line in a batch file to silently uninstall a wise uninstaller (it's to uninstall SolidThinking Embed 2017).

There is a shortcut for the Unwise.exe in the same folder to also include the log file from installation, otherwise running it by itself will prompt for a log file, or it throws the error that it cannot find the log if done in the script.

Is there a way to include the log file in the line and also uninstall the application silently?

For example (which doesn't work):

"C:\hw2017\Unwise.exe" "C:\hw2017\VisSimECDWeb150.log" /S

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Taken from https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/wisescript-command-line-options. Note the final paragraph which has specific instructions for how to specify the log file.

Uninstall Command Line Options

You can apply the following command line options to the WiseScript Express uninstall executable file, unwise.exe or unwise32.exe.

/Z Removes empty directories, including the one containing Unwise.

/A Automatic mode. The Wise splash screen appears on the destination computer, and the uninstall proceeds immediately with no end user choices, except for questions about uninstalling shared files.

/S Silent mode. The uninstall proceeds silently with no splash screen, no dialogs, and no end user choices.

/R Rollback mode.

/U Removes the Select Uninstall Method dialog, which means the end user does not see options for a custom, automatic, or repair uninstall.

When you use command line options for the uninstall program, you must send it the path to the log file as a parameter. It must be the log file that is in the same folder as unwise.exe. If the path to the log file contains spaces, it must be surrounded by quotation marks.

Example:

"C:\Program Files\Application\UNWISE.EXE" /A "C:\Program Files\Application\INSTALL.LOG" Application Uninstall

Answer 2

I agree with Bill_Stewart, the vendor needs to answer this for you. However, here's how to find your log:

1. run regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
3. Find the AppName.
4. Examine the "UninstallString" key value

This will give you the log, but doesn't answer how to silently automate it.

Answer 3

I have recently installed a 32-bit program remotely & silently (thru PDQ) that utilizes Wise installer package and uninstalled the same program (via PDQ).

• The install was in a batch file using the full file path and its silent switch (/S)

• The uninstall was in a different batch file, but contained the short filename scheme (8.3).

• So the uninstall path was...

  C:\PROGRA~2\YOUR-APP\UNWISE.EXE /S /Z C:\PROGRA~2\YOUR-APP\INSTALL.LOG

• /S is silent

• /Z is to remove directories including itself

• No quotes used since there are no spaces, but it may not hurt if added

Hope this works for someone!